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THE FIRST BOOK OF THE<br/>
<span class=large>KINGS</span><br/> COMMONLY CALLED<br/> THE THIRD BOOK OF THE KINGS
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CHAPTER 18
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Elijah is sent to meet Ahab—Obadiah saves a hundred prophets, and meets Elijah—Elijah challenges the prophets of Baal to call down fire from heaven—They fail—He calls down fire, slays the prophets of Baal, and opens the heavens for rain.
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And</span> it came to pass <i>after</i> many days, that the word of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.
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And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab.  And <i>there was</i> a sore famine in Samaria.
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And Ahab called Obadiah, which <i>was</i> the governor of <i>his</i> house. (Now Obadiah <sup>a</sup><a href="1_kgs/18/3a" mark="a" type="A" title="D&C 76: 5.">feared</a> the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> greatly:
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For it was <i>so,</i> when <sup>a</sup><a href="1_kgs/18/4a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Kgs. 16: 31.">Jezebel</a> <sup>b</sup><a href="1_kgs/18/4b" mark="b" type="A" title="2 Kgs. 6: 32; 2 Kgs. 9: 7.">cut</a> off the prophets of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
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And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.
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So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
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&#182; And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, <i>Art</i> thou that my lord Elijah?
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And he answered him, I <i>am:</i> go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah <i>is here.</i>
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And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?
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As the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, <i>He is</i> not <i>there;</i> he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not.
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And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah <i>is here.</i>
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And it shall come to pass, <i>as soon as</i> I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> shall <sup>a</sup><a href="1_kgs/18/12a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ezek. 37: 1; 1 Ne. 11: 29 (19, 29); 1 Ne. 14: 30; Moses 6: 64.">carry</a> thee whither I know not; and <i>so</i> when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> from my youth.
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Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel <sup>a</sup><a href="1_kgs/18/13a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Martyrdom.">slew</a> the prophets of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, how I hid an hundred men of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>’s prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
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And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah <i>is here:</i> and he shall slay me.
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And Elijah said, <i>As</i> the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely shew myself unto him to day.
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So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
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&#182; And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that <sup>a</sup><a href="1_kgs/18/17a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Prophets, Rejection of.">Ahab</a> said unto him, <i>Art</i> thou he that troubleth Israel?
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And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father’s house, in that ye have <sup>a</sup><a href="1_kgs/18/18a" mark="a" type="A" title="D&C 3: 4 (4-7).">forsaken</a> the commandments of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, and thou hast followed Baalim.
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Now therefore send, <i>and</i> gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the <sup>a</sup><a href="1_kgs/18/19a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Kgs. 22: 6.">prophets</a> of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel’s table.
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So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the <sup>a</sup><a href="1_kgs/18/20a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG False Prophets.">prophets</a> together unto mount Carmel.
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And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between <sup>a</sup><a href="1_kgs/18/21a" mark="a" type="A" title="Hosea 10: 2; James 1: 8.">two</a> opinions?  if the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> <i>be</i> God, <sup>b</sup><a href="1_kgs/18/21b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Agency.">follow</a> him: but if Baal, <i>then</i> follow him.  And the people answered him not a word.
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Then said Elijah unto the people, I, <i>even</i> I only, remain a prophet of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>; but Baal’s prophets <i>are</i> four hundred and fifty men.
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Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay <i>it</i> on wood, and put no fire <i>under:</i> and I will dress the other bullock, and lay <i>it</i> on wood, and put no fire <i>under:</i>
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And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>: and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God.  And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken.
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And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress <i>it</i> first; for ye <i>are</i> many; and call on the name of your <sup>a</sup><a href="1_kgs/18/25a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Idolatry.">gods</a>, but put no fire <i>under.</i>
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And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed <i>it,</i> and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us.  But <i>there was</i> no voice, nor any that answered.  And they leaped upon the altar which was made.
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And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he <i>is</i> a god; either he is talking, or he is <sup>a</sup><a href="1_kgs/18/27a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR gone aside, or withdrawn.">pursuing</a>, or he is in a journey, <i>or</i> peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
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And they cried aloud, and <sup>a</sup><a href="1_kgs/18/28a" mark="a" type="A" title="Lev. 19: 28; Deut. 14: 1.">cut</a> themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.
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And it came to pass, when midday was past, and they prophesied until the <i>time</i> of the offering of the <i>evening</i> sacrifice, that <i>there was</i> neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded.
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And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me.  And all the people came near unto him.  And he repaired the altar of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> <i>that was</i> broken down.
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And Elijah took <sup>a</sup><a href="1_kgs/18/31a" mark="a" type="A" title="Josh. 4: 3 (1-9).">twelve</a> stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> came, saying, <sup>b</sup><a href="1_kgs/18/31b" mark="b" type="A" title="2 Kgs. 17: 34.">Israel</a> shall be thy name:
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And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>: and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed.
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And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid <i>him</i> on the wood, and said, Fill four <sup>a</sup><a href="1_kgs/18/33a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB jars.">barrels</a> with water, and pour <i>it</i> on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood.
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And he said, Do <i>it</i> the second time.  And they did <i>it</i> the second time.  And he said, Do <i>it</i> the third time.  And they did <i>it</i> the third time.
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And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.
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And it came to pass at <i>the time of</i> the offering of the <sup>a</sup><a href="1_kgs/18/36a" mark="a" type="A" title="Dan. 9: 21."><i>evening</i></a> sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou <i>art</i> God in Israel, and <i>that</i> I <i>am</i> thy servant, and <i>that</i> I have done all these things at thy word.
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Hear me, O <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, hear me, that this people may know <sup>a</sup><a href="1_kgs/18/37a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR that thou, Jehovah, art the God.">that</a> thou <i>art</i> the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> God, and <i>that</i> thou hast turned their <sup>b</sup><a href="1_kgs/18/37b" mark="b" type="A" title="1 Ne. 2: 16; Alma 5: 7.">heart</a> back again.
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Then the <sup>a</sup><a href="1_kgs/18/38a" mark="a" type="A" title="D&C 133: 41.">fire</a> of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that <i>was</i> in the trench.
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And when all the people saw <i>it,</i> they fell on their faces: and they said, The <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, he <i>is</i> the God; the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, he <i>is</i> the God.
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And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape.  And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.
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&#182; And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for <i>there is</i> a sound of abundance of rain.
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So Ahab went up to eat and to drink.  And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees,
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And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, <i>There is</i> nothing.  And he said, Go again seven times.
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And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man’s hand.  And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare <i>thy chariot,</i> and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not.
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And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain.  And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.
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And the <sup>a</sup><a href="1_kgs/18/46a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Kgs. 3: 15; D&C 43: 2.">hand</a> of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> was on Elijah; and he <sup>b</sup><a href="1_kgs/18/46b" mark="b" type="A" title="2 Kgs. 4: 29.">girded</a> up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
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